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'Twisting' Atomically Thin Semiconductor Materials may Convert Light into Electricity

A pair of physicists at the University of California, Riverside, are aiming to convert light falling on atomically thin semiconductor materials into electricity, having received more than $582,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of the Army.

3 May 2021

New Fiber-Optic Imaging Probe for More Effective Diagnoses of Various Diseases

Researchers from the University of Nottingham have designed a new ultrasonic imaging system that can be installed on the tip of a hair-thin optical fiber.

3 May 2021

Spark-Free Optical Sensors Detect the Presence of Hydrogen Without Electronics

Hydrogen as a clean, renewable alternative to fossil fuels is part of a sustainable-energy future, and very much already here.

30 Apr 2021

Researchers Develop Pure Silicon Multiplexer for Terahertz-Range Communications

A new multiplexer has now been created from pure silicon for terahertz-range communications in the 300-GHz band. The feat was achieved by a collaboration of scientists from Osaka University, Japan, and the University of Adelaide, Australia.

30 Apr 2021

Innovative Raman Spectroscopy to Characterize IDPs Linked to Parkinson’s Disease

Analyzing proteins at low concentrations, particularly those in a mixture of different conformations like intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs), can be challenging.

29 Apr 2021

CCNY Team Takes First Step Towards Realizing Chip-Scale Scalable Single Photon Switches

The ability to turn on and off a physical process with just one photon is a fundamental building block for quantum photonic technologies.

29 Apr 2021

Prototype LED Device Creates Warm White Light Without the Blue Hues

To be more energy efficient, many people have replaced their incandescent lights with light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs.

29 Apr 2021

Silicon Could be a Powerful Material for Photonic Informational Manipulation

New research from the University of Surrey has shown that silicon could be one of the most powerful materials for photonic informational manipulation - opening up new possibilities for the production of lasers and displays.

28 Apr 2021

Exploiting Non-Line-Of-Sight Links for Terahertz Signals to Enable Ultrafast Wireless Data Transmission

If a base station in a local area network tries to use a directional beam to transmit a signal to a user trying to connect to the network -- instead of using a wide area network broadcast, as base stations commonly do -- how does it know which direction to send the beam-

28 Apr 2021